An expanded version of lectures on the development of American law delivered at Yale Law School, where Gilmore teaches. The lectures convey a highly original, and personal, view of that development, and like the personality who set them down they are sharp, opinionated, and as pungent as cheddar.

An expanded version of lectures on the development of American law delivered at Yale Law School, where Gilmore teaches. The lectures convey a highly original, and personal, view of that development, and like the personality who set them down they are sharp, opinionated, and as pungent as cheddar.